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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 11: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld attends the Broadway opening night of "The Motherf**cker with the Hat" at Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on April 11, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Seinfeld facts

— Jerome Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 29, 1954. He grew up on Long Island and began doing stand-up shortly after graduating from Queens College in 1976 with a B.A. in theater and communications.

— Regis Philbin, who claims to be the world’s biggest Seinfeld fan, paid tribute to the sitcom by devoting the entire 2005 episode of ‘Live With Regis and Kelly’ to the show.

— Seinfeld married Jessica Sklar in 1999. They have three children Sascha, Julian and Shepherd.

— Seinfeld’s first book “SeinLanguage” was published in 1993. It was a best-seller, as was his 2002 children’s book “Jerry Seinfeld Halloween.”

— His friend Kramer lived across the hall in 5B.

— According to Seinfeld, there are four levels of comedy: “Make your friends laugh, make strangers laugh, get paid to make strangers laugh and make people talk like you because it’s so much fun.”